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Mark Dvoretsky was regarded as the leading chess coach in the world. In this book he reveals the training methods that have transformed so many of his pupils into champions. it is devoted to the endgame, and examines a wide range of positions, taken mainly from games of the author`s pupils. The comments are packed with practical advice, and special test positions and frequent questions ensure that your participation in the book is an active one.
Contents:
From the author
Part One
The analysis of adjourned positions
An adjournment session that decided a match
Don`t hinder one another!
Traps found in analysis
Prize for the best ending
A study generated by mistake
I choose a plan that is not the strongest!
How hard it is to win a won position!
An incomplete analysis
Give me an envelope, please
Even grandmasters make mistakes
Flippancy is punished!
It is possible to be excessively serious?
The benefit of 'abstract' knowledge
A difficult analysis
Exercises for analysis
Part Two
The endgame
The king establishes a record
Commentaries without variations
Mined squares
My first analysis
The transition into a pawn endgame
The fortress
The reward for tenacious defence
The principle of two weaknesses
Twin endings
Defence by frontal attack
Rook against pawns
A great master of the endgame
The strongest piece is the rook!
Like-colour bishops
Opposite-colour bishops
What remained off-stage
An amazing coincidence
Aerobatics
Exercises for analysis
Part Three
Studies
Let training commence!
Deep calculation
Studies by grandmasters
Study ideas in practice
Playing exercises
Reciprocal playing
Exactly as in a study
The 'brilliance and poverty' of studies
Exercises for analysis
Solutions to exercises
Appendix
Index by material
Index of exercises by thinking skills and types of problems to be solved
Index of players and analysts
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